Advances in pediatric allergy

Current Opinion in Pediatrics

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 571-578

  Stone, Kelly D ^a,b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Atopy; Childhood; Food allergy; Urticaria

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; OMALIZUMAB; VACCINE;

ALLERGY; ANAPHYLAXIS; ASTHMA; BREAST FEEDING; CHRONIC URTICARIA; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DISEASE COURSE; EXERCISE; FOOD ALLERGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; METAPNEUMOVIRUS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PEANUT ALLERGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SELF INJECTION; VACCINATION;

ANAPHYLAXIS; ANTIBODIES, ANTI-IDIOTYPIC; ASTHMA; CHILD; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EXERCISE; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; PEANUT HYPERSENSITIVITY; URTICARIA; VACCINES;

EID: 4644350203     PISSN: 10408703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mop.0000141917.63075.73     Document Type: Review

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